[jammin' jamey]

Think about this. His father never drove for DEI and look at what he did along with the empire he created. JR needs to go to Childress.

He needs to leave and learn the business side of the sport from an established team like Childress or Hendrick. If he creates his own NEXTEL team, it'll be a mistake. I'm surprised by the move. Teresa E. may have just sunk her late husband's company.

Here's an interesting note on Childress...

RCR, which owns the No. 3 should Junior ever want to drive it, can add him as the fourth and final team NASCAR permits each owner. It would team him with Kevin Harvick, who replaced the elder Earnhardt following his 2001 death, and has openly invited Junior to join the organization. It's also possible that RCR would lease JR Motorsports its engines should Earnhardt field his own team. RCR already gives JRM its motors.

The wildcard could be Joe Gibbs Racing, another powerful three-car Chevy team that would pair him with buddies Tony Stewart and Denny Hamlin. Earnhardt and Stewart have worked wonderfully together on restrictor plate tracks, and Earnhardt befriended Hamlin early in his career. Gibbs is coach of the Washington Redskins, and Earnhardt is die-hard fan.

http://sports.espn.go.com/rpm/news/story...id=2866102
I'm sorry, but Junior being a Redskins' fan is stretching it just a touch. His relationship with Stewart is interesting though, but the ties/history/business agreement with RCR makes more sense.